LibriVox recording of Richard III by William Shakespeare.

Richard III is an early history play probably written and performed around 1592-93. It is the culmination of Shakespeare's earlier three plays about Henry VI, and chronicles the bloody career of Richard, Duke of Gloucester. As the play opens, the Wars of the Roses are over, King Edward IV (Richard's brother) is on the throne, and all is ostensibly well. The problem? Richard wants to be king - and he'll stop at nothing to realize his ambition.

Cast:

King Edward IV: David Cole
Edward, Prince of Wales: Sandra G
Richard, Duke of York: Tricia G
George, Duke of Clarence: Bob Sherman
Richard, Duke of Gloucester: David Nicol
Son of Clarence: Nadine Eckert-Boulet
Henry, Earl of Richmond; Lord Mayor of London: Mark F. Smith
Cardinal Bourchier; Sir James Blunt: Nullifidian
Archbishop of York; Daughter of Clarence; Page: Availle
Duke of Buckingham: mb
Duke of Norfolk: Bruce Pirie
Earl of Surrey: Lucy Perry
Earl Rivers: Denny Sayers
Marquis of Dorset; Second Citizen: StephenC
Lord Grey: om123
Earl of Oxford; Fourth Messenger: Roger Clifton
Lord Hastings: Peter Bloomfield
Lord Stanley: Andy Minter
Lord Lovel; Sir Walter Herbert: L. Lambert Lawson
Sir Thomas Vaughan; Priest; First Gentleman: David Lawrence
Sir Richard Ratcliff: Filippo Giaochin
Sir William Catesby: Arixa
Sir James Tyrrel; Third Citizen; Ghost of Henry VI: 1evilmofo
Sir Robert Brakenbury: Garrett Fitzgerald
Christopher Urswick: Christopher Caron
Sheriff of Wiltshire; Bishop of Ely; First Murderer: Rismyth
Queen Elizabeth; Scrivener: Elizabeth Klett
Queen Margaret: Ruth Golding
Duchess of York: Karen Savage
Lady Anne: Arielle Lipshaw
Second Murderer; First Citizen; Third Messenger: Sonja
Messenger: Kalynda
Second Messenger: Veronica Jenkins
Pursuivant: Matt Judd
Ghost of Prince Edward: Snaefaxi
Narrator: Diana Majlinger
Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett

M4B audiobook of complete book

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Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: arosebyanyothername - - December 24, 2012
Subject: Brilliant
I LOVE Librivox Shakespeare! It reminds us that we don't have to be professionals to record Shakespeare (though, by the sound of this, more than half of them MUST be!)

Reviewer: catrosenight - - December 24, 2012
Subject: A Pleasure
I absolutely love this! I've been looking everywhere for a copy of this to help with my school work. And it's free! Completely brilliant! I now understand the play far more than I did just reading it

Reviewer: PDGazette - - July 22, 2012
Subject: We don't do sound effects
And if you think you can do a better job of recording this play, by all means either join us at LibriVox or record your own version for Archive.

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Reviewer: ghostrider9119 - - July 8, 2012
Subject: richard iii
This is bloody awful. All of the volume levels for each character are off, and whoever compiled the file didn't go through the bother of adding a couple of sound effects with a program like audacity. Richard of Gloucester is simply insufferable with his plodding delivery and overemphasis in all of the wrong places that I had to stop listening after the first act. Insufferable.